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Also Inflected form of abide

abode

UK/əˈbəʊd/ US/əˈboʊd/ uncommon dated formal obsolete

noun

1.

any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

  • “a person can have several residences”
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2.

housing that someone is living in

  • “he built a modest dwelling near the pond”
  • “they raise money to provide homes for the homeless”
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Origin

From an alteration (with bode) of Middle English abeden (“to announce”), from Old English ābēodan (“to command, proclaim”), from a- + bēodan (“to command, proclaim”). Superficial analysis is a- + bode (“presage, portend, announce”).

Phrases

  • no fixed abode
  • Upright and Wing

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